Moussey, Vosges

Moussey
Moussey
Commune
	A general view of Moussey
	Coat of arms
	Location of Moussey
	Moussey Moussey
	Coordinates: 48°25′51″N 7°01′25″E / 48.4308°N 7.0236°E
Country	France
Region	Grand Est
Department	Vosges
Arrondissement	Saint-Dié-des-Vosges
Canton	Raon-l'Étape
Intercommunality	CA Saint-Dié-des-Vosges
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Bertrand Klein
Area 1	29.2 km2 (11.3 sq mi)
Population (2021)	556
• Density	19/km2 (49/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	88317 /88210
Elevation	360–933 m (1,181–3,061 ft) ; (avg. 380 m or 1,250 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Moussey (French pronunciation: [musɛ] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France.

Inhabitants are called Mousséens.

Geography

Positioned on the eastern side of Grand Est, the village of Moussey is the last inhabited settlement along the Senones Valley before, eventually, the road crosses the

North Vosges Mountains

.

History

The name 'Moussey' comes from the Latin word 'Monticellus' meaning 'little mountain'. The village is set on a small hill at the foot of which a fast flowing mountain stream fully deserves its name, the River Rabondeau (in Latin, 'rapidus aqua' / 'fast water').

Moussey is one of several communes that formerly belonged to

religious scholars as Dom Calmet

.

Fortune arrived Moussey in the 19th century thanks to the

chateau was built between 1858 and 1863. The business was operated successively by three families, being the Charlot, Lung et Laederich families, but in 1966 the machines fell silent. Since 1988 various surviving elements of the Moussey textile business have enjoyed protected historical monument

status.

During the

Natzweiler-Struthof of whom 144 never returned.^[3] Among the deportees was the man who had been mayor since 1917 (Abel Gassman), the director general of the Laederich Business: Jules Py died at Dachau

on 24 January 1945.

After the Second World War, Moussey was personally delivered a letter of thanks by Major Eric Barksworth and Colonel

Christopher Sykes for their services towards the Special Air Service during the war. It praised the "selfless devotion" and "memorable courage" of the inhabitants of Moussey, especially in their collective refusal to expose the SAS unit concealed within the Senones Valley.^[4]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Lewis. SAS Nazi Hunters: The Ultra Secret Unit and the Hunt for Hitler's War Criminals (Quercus, London (2015)).
^ Lewis. SAS Nazi Hunters: The Ultra Secret Unit and the Hunt for Hitler's War Criminals (Quercus, London (2015)).

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[1] "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.

[popleg2021-2] "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.

[3] Lewis. SAS Nazi Hunters: The Ultra Secret Unit and the Hunt for Hitler's War Criminals (Quercus, London (2015)).

[4] Lewis. SAS Nazi Hunters: The Ultra Secret Unit and the Hunt for Hitler's War Criminals (Quercus, London (2015)).

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